List your favourite music of 2023

[StrawberryBlond 13,985]

Here is, once again, my annual list of the best music of 2023. As always, I break it down into singles, albums and more. This is all my opinion based on my personal tastes and you're free to disagree and contribute your own. My lists are quite long so I've spoilered them for ease of reading. I hope you can agree with some of my picks and perhaps research the ones you are unfamiliar with so you can find something great that you didn't know existed until now. All my lists are ranked with the winner at the bottom:

Best Singles

Spoiler

40. Mimicat - Ai coração

39. La Zarra - Évidemment

38. P!nk - Trustfall

37. Olivia Rodrigo - Can't Catch Me Now

36. Rob Grant & Lana Del Rey - Lost At Sea

35. Miley Cyrus - River

34. Rina Sawayama - Eye For An Eye

33. The Weeknd feat. Future - Double Fantasy

32. Alice Cooper - Dead Don't Dance

31. Zara Larsson - Can't Tame Her

30. Royal Blood - Mountains At Midnight

29. Ava Max - Choose Your Fighter

28. Loreen - Tattoo

27. Miley Cyrus - Used To Be Young

26. Jessie Ware - Pearls

25. Måneskin - Baby Said

24. Bebe Rexha - Heart Wants What It Wants

23. P!nk - All Out Of Fight

22. Kelly Clarkson - Mine

21. Dolly Parton - World On Fire

20. Kesha - Eat The Acid

19. Carly Rae Jepsen - Shy Boy

18. Olivia Rodrigo - Bad Idea, Right?

17. Judas Priest - Panic Attack

16. Madison Beer - Spinnin

15. Bebe Rexha & Dolly Parton - Seasons

14. Kelly Clarkson - Me

13. P!nk - When I Get There

12. Alice Cooper feat. Tom Morello - White Line Frankenstein

11. Iggy Azalea - Money Come

10. Doja Cat - Agora Hills

09. Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire

08. Paloma Faith - Bad Woman

07. Jesy Nelson - Bad Thing

06. Alessandra - Queen Of Kings

05. Kesha - Only Love Can Save Us Now

04. Jessie Ware & Róisín Murphy - Freak Me Now

03. Måneskin - Valentine

02. Paloma Faith - How You Leave A Man

01. Lana Del Rey - The Grants

 

Best Music Videos

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10. The Weeknd feat. Future - Double Fantasy

09. Lana Del Rey feat. Jon Batiste - Candy Necklace

08. Melanie Martinez - Death

07. Doja Cat - Demons

06. Within Temptation - Bleed Out

05. Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best

04. Paloma Faith - How You Leave A Man

03. Taylor Swift feat. Ice Spice - Karma

02. Within Temptation - Wireless (it's classed as a visualiser but looks like a music video to me)

01. Jesy Nelson - Bad Thing

 

Best Non Singles (album tracks)

Spoiler

20. Ava Max - Diamonds & Dancefloors, from the album, Diamonds & Dancefloors

19. Kim Petras - Revelations, from the album, Feed The Beast 

18. Ellie Goulding - Temptation, from the album, Higher Than Heaven (deluxe edition)

17. Kelly Clarkson - That's Right feat. Shelia E., from the album, Chemistry

16. Alice Cooper - 100 More Miles, from the album, Road

15. Rita Ora - You & I, from the album, You & I

14. Måneskin - Read Your Diary, from the album, Rush!

13. Nicki Minaj - Are You Gone Already, from the album, Pink Friday 2

12. Kesha - All I Need Is You, from the album, Gag Order

11. Madison Beer - Envy The Leaves, from the album, Silence Between Songs

10. Bebe Rexha - I'm Not High, I'm In Love, from the album, Bebe

09. Chris Stapleton - Higher, from the album, Higher

08. Lewis Capaldi - Love The Hell Out Of You, from the album, Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Spent

07. Olivia Rodrigo - Logical, from the album, Guts

06. Miley Cyrus - Wonder Woman, from the album, Endless Summer Vacation

05. Elle King - Bonafide, from the album, Come Get Your Wife

04. Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good!, from the album, That! Feels Good!

03. Suzanna Son & The Weeknd - Family, from the EP, The Idol Episode 2 (Music from the HBO Original Series)

02. Rachel Zegler - The Old Therebefore, from the album, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (Music From & Inspired By)

01. Lana Del Rey - Fingertips, from the album, Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd

 

Best Album Cover Art

Spoiler

05. Miley Cyrus - Endless Summer Vacation

04. Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You

03. Ellie Goulding - Higher Than Heaven

02. Ava Max - Diamonds & Dancefloors

01. Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday 2

 

Best Album Titles

Spoiler

05. 30 Seconds To Mars - It's The End Of The World But It's a Beautiful Day

04. Mitski - The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We

03. Madison Beer - Silence Between Songs

02. Lana Del Rey - Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd

01. Carolina Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You

 

Best Albums

Spoiler

20. P!nk - Trustfall (Tour deluxe edition)

19. Royal Blood - Back To The Water Below

18. Madison Beer - Silence Between Songs

17. Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday 2

16. Depeche Mode - Memento Mori

15. Within Temptation - Bleed Out

14. Ava Max - Diamonds & Dancefloors

13. Kim Petras - Feed The Beast

12. Alice Cooper - Road

11. Various artists - The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (Music From & Inspired By)

10. Chris Stapleton - Higher

09. Kelly Clarkson - Chemistry

08. Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good!

07. Miley Cyrus - Endless Summer Vacation

06. Måneskin - Rush! ! (Are U Coming? edition)

05. Elle King - Come Get Your Wife

04. Bebe Rexha - Bebe

03. Olivia Rodrigo - Guts

02. Kesha - Gag Order

01. Lana Del Rey - Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd

 

Best International Acts (acts from outside the USA and UK)

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05. Loreen, from Sweden

04. Alessandra, from Norway

03. Within Temptation, from The Netherlands

02. Kim Petras, from Germany

01. Måneskin, from Italy

 

Best Newcomers

Spoiler

03. La Zarra

02. Alessandra

01. Suzanna Son

 

Artist Of The Year

Spoiler

Lana Del Rey - Best Single nominee and winner, Best Music Video nominee, Best Non-Single winner, Best Album Title nominee, Best Album winner

Agree? Disagree? Post your own lists and let's celebrate the best of last year. 

Edited January 11 by StrawberryBlond

[faysalaaa 2,934]

1. Caroline Polachek - Welcome To My Island
2. Kylie Minogue - Tension
3. Doja Cat - Agora Hills
4. Jessie Ware - Pearls
5. Dua Lipa - Houdini
6. Caleb Lee Hutchinson - Used Too
7. Chris Stapleton - Think Im In Love With You
8. Muni Long - Hrs & Hrs Feat. Usher (Remix)
9. Caroline Polachek - I Believe
10. Caroline Polachek - Billions
11. Caroline Polachek - Pretty Impossible
12. Kesha - Eat The Acid
13. Kelsea Ballerini - IF YOU GO DOWN (I'M GOIN' DOWN TOO)
14. Emily Ann Roberts - Whole Lotta Little 
15. Muscadine Bloodline - Me On You

Edited January 3 by faysalaaa1

[Chesescake 3,646]

Here's everything I vaguely remember:

albums:
100 gecs - 10,000 gecs 
(❤️) Caroline Polachek - Desire...
DDS - Keys To the Gate
Janelle Monáe - The Age of Pleasure
Jeff Rosenstock - HELLMODE
Kali Uchis - Red Moon in Venus
(❤️) Lana Del Rey - Ocean Blvd?
New Jeans - GET UP
(❤️) pinkpantheress - Heaven knows
Reverend K.M. Hayter - SAVED!
shygirl - Nymph_o
(❤️) Tinashe - BB/ANG3L
Underscores - Wallsocket
(❤️) Vylet Pony - Carousel
Yeule - softscars

songs (mostly 2023):
(❤️) Astra King - Make Me Cry
(❤️) Caroline Polachek - Sunset
Charli XCX - SuperLove
Florence + the Machine - Free
Lana Del Rey - A&W
(❤️) LazuLight - Diamond City Lights
Melanie Martinez - Death
(❤️) Miley Cyrus - Jaded
Naomi Elizabeth - God Sent Me Here To Rock You
NEEDY GIRL OVERDOSE - INTERNET YAMERO
pinocchioP - God-ish
Poppy - Spit
(❤️) Shygirl - Crush (feat. Erika de Casier)
SPELLLING - Cherry / Under The Sun
Studio Killers - Jenny (I Wanna Ruin Our Friendship)

albums (in honor; from random years):
Aurora - The Gods We Can Touch
(❤️) Beyoncé - Renaissance
Carpenters - A Song For You
Clean Bandit - What Is Love?
Destiny's Child - Destiny's Child
Doja Cat - ScarletSophie Ellis-Bextor - Read My Lips
Gayle - a study of the human experience volume one
Geese - 3D Country
Kim Petras - Problématique (Fanmade Ver.)
(❤️) Natalia Lafourcade - De todas las flores
(❤️) NIV - purrgatory ost
Princess Superstar - Last of the Great 20th Century Composers
sewerslvt - Skitzofrenia Simulation
(❤️) Snail's house - Ordinary Songs 1 & 2
(❤️) Steven Universe - Steven Universe the Movie (Original Soundtrack)
















 

Edited January 3 by Chesescake

[Greg August 143]

Songs

1. Troye Sivan - Rush

2. Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For?

3. Kali Uchis - I Wish you Roses

4. SZA - Kill Bill

5. The Weeknd - Jealous Guy

6. Dua Lipa - Dance The Night

7. NewJeans - Super Shy

8. SG Lewis - Fever Dreamer feat. Charlotte Day Wilson & Channel Tres

9. Slayyyter - Star****er

10. Troye Sivan - Got Me Started

11. Kylie Minogue - Padam Padam

12. Omar Apollo - 3 Boys

13. Lana Del Rey - A&W

14. The Rolling Stones - Sweet Sounds of Heaven feat. Lady Gaga & Stevie Wonder

15. SZA - Snooze

16. Olivia Rodrigo - ballad of a homeschooled girl

17. Miley Cyrus - Violet Chemistry

18. Caroline Polachek - Welcome To My Island

19. Jessie Ware - Pearls

20. Slayyyter - Out Of Time

 

Albums

1. Kali Uchis - Red Moon In Venus

2. Troye Sivan - Something To Give Each Other

3. Miley Cyrus - Endless Summer Vacation

4. Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS

5. Taylor Swift - 1989 TV

6. Slayyyter - Star****er

7. SZA - SOS

8. Doja Cat - Scarlet

9. Lana Del Rey - Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd

10. Kesha - Gag Order

11. Stephen Sanchez - Angel Face

12. Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good!

13. Omar Apollo - Live For Me

14. Addison Rae - AR

15. Q - Soul, Present

16. Various Artists - Barbie The Album

17. Kylie Minogue - Tension

18. The Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds

19. Cannons - Heartbeat Highway

20. Madison Beer - Silence Between Songs

[KennyRichie 1,734]

Troye Sivan and Lana del Rey last year albums